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gurus

NOUN
mentor, guide
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His father scoffed at the self-help gurus and nurtured his interest in business.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2026

Baba is a commonly used term in India to refer to mystics and religious gurus and also to fathers or grandfathers by both Hindus and Muslims.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

He has little use for those gurus who tell us that we can “conquer the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

Looking at long-term charts of silver can be very sobering, and wild-eyed internet gurus, heavy on dark conspiracism with proclamations of $10,000 silver, are hardly reassuring.

From MarketWatch Jan. 3, 2026

Cadres of expensive professionals—lawyers, accountants, computer gurus, helpline responders—drain vast sums of money from the economy to clarify poorly drafted text.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker



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